Archives - 15 November 2017, Wednesday

The group has not publicly specified the funding mechanism for the newly launched, four-year Uganda project, although it does plan to incorporate a “randomized controlled trial” (RCT) to asses the program’s success. A team of researchers led by Harvard University’s Michael Kremer and ...

To unpack that a bit, here’s a simplified version of how the Bextmachine may be applied in coffee, based on the company’s own marketing materials and on a conversation we had in April with Bext360 Founder and CEO Daniel Jones: Located where coffee is sold in cherry, parchment or green...

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Customers that fondly recall the first shop have returned, according to Heppner, as folks familiar with the brand through its wholesale accounts and involvement in events have also turned out. And with the evolution in the local scene that has occurred over the years, newcomers to the...

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Each year usually brings a new player to the Denver coffee game, but this year it seems as if new locations for recognizable names is the way to go. In 2017, Copper Door Coffee , Lost Coffee , and Novo Coffee all found new spaces around town to showcase their products for different ty...

With family homelessness in King County at a crisis point, Starbucks is once again working with Mary’s Place and more than 50 local businesses and organizations to raise awareness, provide urgent relief, and call on the City and County for immediate action to expand capacity and resou...

By Linda Dahlstrom / Starbucks Newsroom When Shannon Feltz’s husband was deployed to Iraq in 2008, her son, Ian, was in the 11th grade. One of the things that still touches her all these years later was how some of their adult male friends went out of their way to do things with her s...

It’s been a rough week in the specialty coffee world. A lot has happened . A lot is still happening . You would be forgiven for wanting to get away for a bit, maybe into a good book or something like it. Might I suggest Necrobarista, a 3D digital novel from Australian indie game studi...

Since the announcement of the Deferred Candidacy Policy, the reactions from businesses and community members have ranged from withdrawal of memberships, support, and/or sponsorship to continued involvement in hopes of creating change through participation. Many of those businesses and...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2017 – Today, Intel launched a fundraising effort on Charitybuzz to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The company is auctioning a VIP experience at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas including travel,...

Researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Edinburgh examined data from 26 observational studies involving more than 2.25 million participants, finding that one cup more of caffeinated coffee per day was associated with a 20 percent reduction in the risk of d...

Prior to that, Bratty and Seberg gauged local demand for specialty coffee through whole bean, hot pourover and cold nitro sales from a Portland-built trike stationed last year at a Lincoln farmers market. “Honestly we weren’t probably fully prepared — people were really interested it,...

A cafe called Reissue sits on the second floor above a small restaurant and fashion boutique on a narrow, winding street in Harajuku. It feels similar to many others—a few tables and sofas, art, and old records on the walls—but this place has a novel take on latte art that makes it un...